One of the dishes that I fall back on often when the temperatures reach 100+ is the skillet meal. Throw a bunch of vegetables, seasonings,

Since moving to Texas we have fallen in love with fresh corn tortillas. Those ones from the package aren’t even in the same category as

Somehow birthdays, which are supposed to be fun, often end up being exhausting for everyone from kids to parents.  We’ve started doing sugar-free birthdays and

If you’ve delved into the world of fermented foods then surely you’ve heard of milk kefir. There are lists of up to 100 things kefir

I have a weird relationship with baked goods. In the past, I have eaten too many of them, which then displaced other nourishing foods like

In my ideal world, I’d only eat fermented grains.  That doesn’t always happen, sometimes we run out of bread and there’s no time for the

When you get 3 gallons of peppers from your neighbors you either make chili or stuffed peppers, or both if you’re me. Or, if you’re

Last week we ran out of spinach for green smoothies and the new stuff in the garden wasn’t quite big enough to harvest.  So I

Sometimes bare cupboards inspire the tastiest things at our house.  A trip to the grocery store was in order, but apparently not in the cards,

Lately, here on our off-grid homestead, I have gotten in the habit of cooking a substantial breakfast and lunch and then an easy and light

I was craving chocolate pudding last week and since we were out of milk, I used coconut milk, which turned out to be a brilliant

Growing up we didn’t exactly beg for my Dad to get in the kitchen and cook us up a meal. There were things like Dad’s

I always think we’re in the clear for getting sick once spring rolls around, and then inevitably, there’s one last flu that makes the rounds

I haven’t had a baby in 3 1/2 years and I had forgotten how all consuming a newborn can be. You get dressed way too

Spring is in the air and I’m in the mood for light, refreshing snacks.  This raw, mock salmon pate appetizer is one of my go-to

When it comes to dessert, I generally can’t leave well enough alone.  Which is a good thing (except for that one time with the almond

I recently was able to experience some homemade tamales now that we live in the South.  When I heard that they were just corn mush

We are always trying out different “kinds” of pancakes. You know, there are the dense, starchy ones, the light and fluffy ones, and the almost

I didn’t expect much from this recipe, other than a quick meal that didn’t require too much input from me. Apparently, no one else in

We’ve cut refined sugar out of our diets, but my husband LOVES lemon bars.  Unfortunately, most of the substance of a lemon bar is sugar,

Somehow, I amassed three bunches of very ripe bananas last week. I don’t even usually even buy bananas, but there they were. Naturally, banana bread

We are a yogurt-making family!  Where it once seemed wild and crazy to make our own yogurt, making a gallon a week is now just

I’m a late-adopter. Kale chips have been on my radar for a few years now, but I haven’t tried them. I just wasn’t buying that